"I hate Altoid bases" Topic
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 Extra Crispy  | 23 Sep 2016 7:31 p.m. PST |
Seriously, why do manufacturers put big honkin' blobs of metal at the bottom of figures? Why not just a nice thin plate so you have something to put glue on? Is it because they suck at sculpting feet? |
| Winston Smith | 23 Sep 2016 9:04 p.m. PST |
I'm pretty sure it's for balance, so you can glue 30 figures at a time to bases without them falling over. |
| FABET01 | 24 Sep 2016 4:56 a.m. PST |
Mostly it's for casting purposes. The thin bases usually don't fill to the edges very well. In worst cases this can cause the feet to miscast. |
| Randall | 24 Sep 2016 11:48 a.m. PST |
I'm with you, Extra Crispy! I can't stand cast mounds on figures (this is one of my most consistent rants). I tend to prefer tabs. I don't know why people dislike tabs; they seem like the best possible option for any use. No, I don't like slot bases, but tabs are far easier to remove than anything else, so I can base how I choose. 
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| COL Scott ret | 27 Sep 2016 1:55 p.m. PST |
Just one word,… Plastics. There is a great future in plastics. |
| Part time gamer | 22 Oct 2016 12:29 p.m. PST |
I HIGHLY agree with 'the COL' on this.
Like many, I have cleaned, filed, primed, painted and Lugged my share of lead until I just got tired of the wt. Not a fan of slotted either, but they worked well.
Extra Crispy Why not just a nice thin plate so you have something to put glue on? Thank You! I have often wondered the same. Though not so much w/ infantry, as a rule the bottom of the feet work just fine, but for the larger scale (28s) cavalry. A simple 'flat sqaure' under no more than 2 of the feet would make basing most cav figures an ease. |
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paints some fast cats.
